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Amazon Fire HDX 8.9
Wi-Fi Only (2014)| Global Score | |
| 67.9 | 68.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Huawei |
| Android 4.4 | Android 5.1 Lollipop |
| 2014-10-21 | 2016-02-01 |
| 9.10 x 6.20 x 0.30 inches | 9.44 x 6.80 x 0.29 inches |
| 13.23 ounces | 17.64 ounces |
| -- | 16 777 216 |
| $ 479.00 | $ 469.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.9 inches | 10.1 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 1200 x 1920 pixels |
| LCD | IPS LCD |
| 339 pixels per inch | 224 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 930 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53e and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 Blaze GPU | Mali-T628 MP4 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 10.02 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.82 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| 6.3 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 6660mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M2 10-inch is a bit better than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, with a 68.1 score against 67.9. These tablets work with Android OS (operating system), but Huawei MediaPad M2 10-inch has newer 5.1 Lollipop version while Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 has Android 4.4. Although Huawei MediaPad M2 10-inch is notably heavier than the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, it's just a little bit thinner and also newer.
Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 and Huawei MediaPad M2 10-inch both count with extremely similar processing units, although the Huawei MediaPad M2 10-inch also has 4 more CPU cores (although they are slower) and more RAM. Amazon Fire HDX 8.9 counts with an incredibly better screen than Huawei MediaPad M2 10-inch, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a higher resolution of 1600 x 2560 and a much better pixels density.
The Huawei MediaPad M2 10-inch has a much better memory for applications, games, photos and videos than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage capacity, the Huawei MediaPad M2 10-inch also has a slot for an SD memory card that admits a maximum of 128 GB. Huawei MediaPad M2 10-inch shoots much better photos and videos than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, because it has a much better 13 MP resolution camera in the back and a bigger diafragm aperture to take better photography and video in poorly lited situations.
Huawei MediaPad M2 10-inch has a really longer battery performance than Amazon Fire HDX 8.9.
Even being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing, the Huawei MediaPad M2 10-inch is also cheap compared to the Amazon Fire HDX 8.9, which makes it an easy decision.
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